| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 6, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 29, 2007 |
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| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
   | STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
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| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 4402 | 961 | -1031 | 26 | 30 |             | 25524 | 1.4 | 440 | -608 | 94 | 237 | 25855 | |
| Alaska | 1490 | 141 | -825 | 28 | 3 |             | 6869 | 2.4 | -185 | -848 | 97 | 61 | 7027 | |
| Arizona | 4020 | 548 | 388 | 35 | 5 |             | 31575 | 1.2 | -629 | 6385 | 150 | 220 | 31945 | |
| Arkansas | 4169 | 1268 | 57 | 16 | 9 |             | 25059 | 2.2 | -403 | 791 | 85 | 252 | 25396 | |
| California | 45802 | 6317 | 5614 | 215 | 201 |             | 329275 | 2.2 | -5709 | 44950 | 2138 | 2877 | 334290 | |
| Colorado | 2610 | 824 | -15 | 17 | 37 |             | 18861 | 0.9 | -1187 | 172 | 146 | 353 | 19360 | |
| Connecticut | 3206 | 709 | -286 | 11 | 26 |             | 31345 | 1.9 | -495 | -690 | 53 | 324 | 31722 | |
| Delaware | 740 | -62 | -536 | 0 | 1 |             | 6446 | 1.5 | -23 | 131 | 33 | 39 | 6518 | |
| District of Columbia | 308 | 46 | -39 | 1 | 0 |             | 4150 | 0.9 | -48 | 10 | 156 | 35 | 4341 | |
| Florida | 12713 | 1316 | 1924 | 53 | 101 |             | 121929 | 1.6 | -4990 | 32787 | 444 | 1087 | 123460 | |
| Georgia | 9704 | 3255 | 621 | 51 | 75 |             | 55388 | 1.4 | 653 | 6295 | 772 | 934 | 57094 | |
| Hawaii | 1189 | 237 | -52 | 10 | 25 |             | 6747 | 1.2 | -194 | 865 | 103 | 147 | 6997 | |
| Idaho | 1530 | 417 | 168 | 25 | 5 |             | 7522 | 1.2 | 32 | 2039 | 47 | 53 | 7622 | |
| Illinois | 12528 | 2865 | -80 | 41 | 65 |             | 100463 | 1.8 | -2472 | 4274 | 501 | 780 | 101744 | |
| Indiana | 7142 | -139 | -578 | 42 | 57 |             | 42428 | 1.5 | 266 | -1635 | 295 | 476 | 43199 | |
| Iowa | 2101 | 172 | -1009 | 6 | 17 |             | 14483 | 1.0 | -29 | -2329 | 32 | 260 | 14775 | |
| Kansas | 1863 | -154 | -620 | 3 | 2 |             | 14772 | 1.1 | -115 | 164 | 129 | 150 | 15051 | |
| Kentucky | 7844 | 3159 | -1458 | 51 | 20 |             | 25331 | 1.5 | 454 | 838 | 538 | 471 | 26340 | |
| Louisiana | 2192 | -468 | -338 | 11 | 11 |             | 19583 | 1.1 | 13 | 1070 | 92 | 172 | 19847 | |
| Maine | 939 | 175 | 39 | 3 | 7 |             | 5888 | 1.0 | -154 | -355 | 24 | 44 | 5956 | |
| Maryland | 3045 | -416 | -1007 | 23 | 16 |             | 31351 | 1.3 | -769 | 2416 | 373 | 254 | 31978 | |
| Massachusetts | 6499 | 1299 | 422 | 168 | 45 |             | 62782 | 2.0 | -706 | 1103 | 791 | 445 | 64018 | |
| Michigan | 16011 | 2506 | -3732 | 41 | 54 |             | 94435 | 2.3 | -5908 | -31429 | 233 | 751 | 95419 | |
| Minnesota | 4340 | 592 | -1344 | 18 | 63 |             | 38067 | 1.4 | 5131 | 9526 | 99 | 894 | 39060 | |
| Mississippi | 2402 | 321 | -104 | 15 | 7 |             | 17593 | 1.6 | 23 | 2723 | 71 | 157 | 17821 | |
| Missouri | 8401 | 2431 | 1278 | 50 | 26 |             | 37452 | 1.4 | -880 | -5777 | 778 | 257 | 38487 | |
| Montana | 921 | 237 | -182 | 36 | 9 |             | 4419 | 1.1 | 165 | 369 | 51 | 70 | 4540 | |
| Nebraska | 905 | 131 | -374 | 1 | 7 |             | 7235 | 0.8 | -110 | -1032 | 31 | 55 | 7321 | |
| Nevada | 3093 | 329 | 155 | 4 | 12 |             | 23780 | 1.9 | -400 | 6636 | 72 | 168 | 24020 | |
| New Hampshire | 700 | 59 | -41 | 5 | 2 |             | 5267 | 0.9 | 34 | 129 | 23 | 23 | 5313 | |
| New Jersey | 9534 | 1342 | 731 | 29 | 28 |             | 93310 | 2.4 | -1435 | 2031 | 264 | 507 | 94081 | |
| New Mexico | 964 | 52 | -336 | 44 | 1 |             | 9967 | 1.3 | -200 | 198 | 119 | 101 | 10187 | |
| New York | 16819 | 3094 | 200 | 143 | 125 |             | 138944 | 1.7 | -747 | -3902 | 771 | 1207 | 140922 | |
| North Carolina | 10094 | -436 | 35 | 28 | 66 |             | 70065 | 1.8 | -861 | 2841 | 238 | 1075 | 71378 | |
| North Dakota | 188 | 18 | -177 | 2 | 0 |             | 1152 | 0.4 | -13 | -86 | 17 | 19 | 1188 | |
| Ohio | 10414 | 282 | -295 | 62 | 79 |             | 72618 | 1.4 | 305 | -256 | 300 | 718 | 73636 | |
| Oklahoma | 1410 | 86 | -390 | 8 | 28 |             | 12854 | 0.9 | -119 | 13 | 55 | 223 | 13132 | |
| Oregon | 7043 | 2139 | 1119 | 57 | 47 |             | 34390 | 2.1 | 38 | 2897 | 164 | 483 | 35037 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17857 | 1992 | -2029 | 455 | 129 |             | 124301 | 2.3 | -2146 | 1417 | 1729 | 1079 | 127109 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3136 | 388 | -693 | 4 | 13 |             | 27460 | 2.7 | -4237 | -10769 | 49 | 122 | 27631 | |
| Rhode Island | 1085 | 33 | -42 | 7 | 4 |             | 10529 | 2.2 | -70 | 1760 | 37 | 50 | 10616 | |
| South Carolina | 4715 | 276 | -1367 | 14 | 25 |             | 35082 | 1.9 | 170 | 88 | 127 | 329 | 35538 | |
| South Dakota | 217 | 24 | -103 | 7 | 5 |             | 976 | 0.3 | -59 | -231 | 31 | 10 | 1017 | |
| Tennessee | 4659 | 625 | -541 | 44 | 28 |             | 35990 | 1.3 | -427 | 253 | 183 | 323 | 36496 | |
| Texas | 12528 | -223 | -616 | 89 | 235 |             | 90738 | 0.9 | -978 | -1019 | 1133 | 1779 | 93650 | |
| Utah | 1188 | 165 | -19 | 72 | 8 |             | 7206 | 0.6 | 7 | 1040 | 234 | 71 | 7511 | |
| Vermont | 606 | 134 | 53 | 1 | 8 |             | 3690 | 1.2 | -104 | -308 | 15 | 26 | 3731 | |
| Virgin Islands | 69 | 21 | -29 | 0 | 2 |             | 674 | 1.5 | -4 | 124 | 4 | 6 | 684 | |
| Virginia | 5262 | 1694 | -174 | 15 | 54 |             | 27435 | 0.8 | 86 | -1683 | 293 | 817 | 28545 | |
| Washington | 7424 | 1508 | -326 | 47 | 93 |             | 38226 | 1.4 | 1553 | -1050 | 253 | 823 | 39302 | |
| West Virginia | 778 | -110 | -709 | 4 | 14 |             | 9209 | 1.3 | -676 | -1013 | 52 | 150 | 9411 | |
| Wisconsin | 9176 | 636 | -646 | 9 | 34 |             | 50587 | 1.8 | 381 | 1904 | 108 | 338 | 51033 | |
| Wyoming | 303 | 31 | -29 | 5 | 4 |             | 1580 | 0.6 | 32 | 257 | 25 | 30 | 1635 | |
| Totals | 298278 | 42847 | -9368 | 2152 | 1968 |             | 2113002 | 1.6 | -27699 | 73476 | 14652 | 22332 | 2149986 | |
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
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1THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES (UCFE) AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT FO REX-SERVICEMEMBERS (UCX) EXCLUDE CLAIMS FILED JOINTLY UNDER OTHER PROGRAMS TO AVOID DUPLICATION
2RATE IS NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. THE SOURCE OF US TOTAL COVERED EMPLOYMENT IS BLS.